Check it out:
*This full size bus seats 45 people in style. It is a modified tour bus with seats facing each other around tables so you can be sociable.
*10 CD changer to spin all of your favorite exotica.
*Seven TVs and a VCR so images of classic tiki goodness and German urban archaeologists are beamed to all seats.
*The back of the bus has been converted to limo-like bench seating for nine, surrounding...(wait for it)...
*A BAR! That's right- an on-board bar. We supply the liquor of our choice (better that way anyhow) and they provide A REAL LIVE BARTENDER who will be stationed on board the whole trip! At YOUR service!
*Plus...AN ON-BOARD BATHROOM! No fighting through the crowds at the bars! Pee in style! What could be more convienent?!
*We can decorate it up in style.

Now...I hear you say: "Surely all of this luxury an comfort must come at a terrible price!"

Not so, my friends! If you act now, here's the deal: If we get 45 people on board, then it's just $20 per person! For four hours! Imagine: you'd spend almost that much on a bunch of crowded cabs! That's less than the price of two Hurricanes at the Tonga Room! And the party never stops. If we get only 35 people, just $25. And only five bucks per person with a full bus for each additional hour.

I've got it reserved now: It can pick all of us up at the Foggy Grotto (my place). Or we can save some of the time and have it pick us up after Trad'r Sam's. We can sort out the details later. But I have to guage interest. So far, I know of about 15 people interested. C'mon, this will be cool. And it can drop people off all over, including the east bay. (not "the deep east bay" as the limo guy called it- i.e. Pleasanton, Walnut Creek)

Please post to THIS thread IMMEDIATELY with the total number of people in your party interested. Sorry if you've posted before-please do it again. We have to get moving on this.

All right, people! Let's keep those names a-comin'. I'll post soon about PayPal info. They will stock the bus with non-alcoholic stuff so we keep up with the water intake, and I'm thinking we can set up some premixes (juices and syrups in one bottle; rums in the other) just to make life easier on our on-board bartender. Drink suggestions, anyone?

Plus, I think we'll have to make the bus stop at Post and Taylor so we can all grab a picture with Tiki Bob himself. That ought to snarl up traffic pretty good. heh.

Martin, thanks again for looking into this. Sounds like you've added something to the crawl that will be an event unto itself. Naomi and I will reverse our earlier call and join up if we may. It was schedules not $$ that made it tough before, but we'll figure that out!

BTW, I'll post elsewhere with more info, but my impending work trip got rescheduled, so we're on for the Sat afternoon stop in Belmont for those interested!